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SOHI Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee

Tract 55079012200 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,027 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 5.8/10, tract 55079012200 in the SOHI area of Milwaukee, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,027 residents. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 27% Owners 35%

Tract context

Occupied units608

Renter share65.3%

SVI overall0.73

Poverty rate29.0%

Median income$44,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region

Centroid at 43.0487, -87.9527 · click any tract to drill in

Why SOHI scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Milwaukee

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.0

State political climate

Wisconsin legislature & governorship

2.9

Economic stress

29.0% poverty · this tract

7.3

Supply constraint

$780 rent vs county FMR

1.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Milwaukee

2.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Milwaukee

6.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Milwaukee

5.5

How SOHI compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

78%Socioeconomic
81%Household composition
84%Racial/ethnic minority
32%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
67%Grade C
33%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.¹

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

909Total filings over 13 yrs
14.26%Avg annual filing rate
17.0%Peak (2012)
64Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 to 2017

Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

258Total filings 2020-21
3.4Avg monthly (observed)
6.1Pre-pandemic baseline
0.55×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within SOHI. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

22.1%Housing insecurity
13.7%Utility-shutoff threat
31.8%Food insecurity
34.4%SNAP enrollment
15.2%Transit barriers
11.9%No health insurance
18.3%Frequent mental distress
32.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in SOHI

Cost burden runs 59% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.2/10.

SNAP participation runs 34.4% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

65% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. At $780 a month, rents run 26% under what the rest of Milwaukee commands.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.

Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 909 filings here across 13 tracked years. Housing insecurity runs 22.1% against 14.2% nationally.

The worst year on record was 2012, when 17.0% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Milwaukee Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 55079012200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079012200?

Census tract 55079012200 in the SOHI neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 55079012200?

Median gross rent is $780/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55079012200?

29.0% of residents in tract 55079012200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,027.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55079012200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 81th, minority 84th, housing 32th.

Is tract 55079012200 considered part of SOHI?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079012200 fall within SOHI (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079012200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 909 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079012200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.26% of renter households, peaking at 17.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 55079012200 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.55× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.

What share of households in tract 55079012200 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.1% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55079012200 compare to Milwaukee overall?

Tract 55079012200 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Milwaukee at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Milwaukee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Q10

Was tract 55079012200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 33% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Milwaukee

Top eight tracts in Milwaukee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org